Interactive Web Resources

Tools

Weaving WebTools
Rubistar--online rubric generator: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Read Write Think

Quizzes

Quibblo
Poll Everywhere
Pollmo

Personal Productivity

Evernote
Notezz

Flashcards

Flashcard Machine
Study Stack

Feedback/Collaboration

Wallwisher
Type With Me Document Collaboration

Study Skills

Soshiku A great site for kids to use to set up project reminders
Awesome Highlighter Amazing site for to create web clippings and highlight text for students
Easy Bib
Wordle
http://www.tagxedo.com/ Word Cloud Creator

Literacy--organization

Voicethread So many uses!!
StarFall Early Literacy Site
CAST UDL CAST Stories with reading/highlight support
www.voki.com
www.toondoo.com
Glogster
Storybird
www.wordit.com
www.abcya.com
www.worditout.com/discover-word-clouds

Graphic Organizers

Bubbl.us My favorite--Maps can be shared with multiple groups--very easy to use
Exploratree
MindMeister --very similar to Bubbl with a few more features in creating the map.
Webspiration--created by Inspiration. Only out in Beta at this point.

Timeline Tools

Xtimeline
Dipity

Digital Storytelling and Multimedia

Scrapblog
Voicethread
Animoto

Search Engines for Kids

• Sweet Search - A group of experts, including librarians and teachers, evaluates all content from this search engine.

• Top Marks - A great site developed in the UK by teachers who approved everything on this site.

• Quintura for Kids - An innovative search engine for kids that displays results in a cloud-based style. Also, has apps for mobile devices.

• Kid Rex - Wonderful search engine designed around Google's safe search. Very nice visual appeal for kids.

• Famhoo - Family-friendly search engine that filters all content.

Built in Google Supports.


Resources:
http://www.slideshare.net/murcha/using-wordle-in-the-classroom-presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas

Web 2.0 Information.....

Voicethread Resources


50 Ways to Tell a Story


Blog Post on Using gmail acct to allow students without email access to Web 2.0 registration
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/2008/07/24/creating-student-accounts-using-one-gmail-account/